We live ten miles from the hospital, which in New York driving speak means anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour and change to get to the hospital. I cranked up the Bach on WQXR and moaned my lowest, calmest om-iest moans. I rolled down the window and let the rain and wind hit me … Continue reading Georgie, A Birth Story: Active Labor and Gettin’ Born’d
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Georgie, A Birth Story: Early Labor
As the end of my pregnancy with Georgie approached, I felt tremendously confident in my ideas about all-caps BIRTH--the conceptual, pluralistic, nebulous ideas about the kinds of birth experiences that should be afforded to all women. Evidence-based, empowering, unjudged. Freedom to make decisions and access resources without a shred of fear-mongering of any stripe (Your … Continue reading Georgie, A Birth Story: Early Labor
Birth Story, Part III
Read the first part of our birth story here. Read the second part of our birth story here. And then I had a baby! That’s what I felt like, anyway, after months and weeks and days and hours on hours of waiting. I was fully dilated! Here comes baby! I mean, all I had to … Continue reading Birth Story, Part III
Birth Story, Part II
Read the first part of our birth story here. Ah, the rain on the window, the gentle sunlight streaming in, the view of our favorite New York building fading in and out between the clouds— and a couple of monitors that no one could seem to get to work. The gorgeous view was not meant … Continue reading Birth Story, Part II
Welcome, Winifred Eleanor! + Birth Story, Part I
First things first: On Saturday, June 8th, at 11:04 am, in the warmest room at Beth Israel Hospital, we welcomed our daughter, Winifred Eleanor Guinn Anderson, with her wide eyes and mess of silken hair, into our arms. She weighed 8 pounds, 10.5 oz, measured 21 inches long, and had the softest skin and most … Continue reading Welcome, Winifred Eleanor! + Birth Story, Part I
This Family Anderson 